{"id":52272,"date":"2021-09-14T05:49:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T05:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=52272"},"modified":"2021-09-14T05:49:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T05:49:04","slug":"veteran-congress-leader-and-former-union-minister-oscar-fernandes-passes-away-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/veteran-congress-leader-and-former-union-minister-oscar-fernandes-passes-away-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Oscar Fernandes passes away at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Veteran Rajya Sabha MP<\/strong>\u00a0and former\u00a0<strong>Union minister Oscar Fernandes<\/strong>\u00a0have passed away. He was 80. The senior<strong>\u00a0Congress leader<\/strong>\u00a0had served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Transport, Road and Highways, and Labour and Employment, in Manmohan Singh\u2019s UPA government.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veteran\u00a0Congress\u00a0leader and former Union Minister Oscar Fernandes MP died at a private hospital here on Monday afternoon, family sources said. He was 80 and is survived by his wife and two children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish over the death of the veteran&nbsp;Congress&nbsp;leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Rajya Sabha MP\u00a0and former\u00a0Union minister Oscar Fernandes\u00a0have passed away. He was 80. 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